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3 Defining Moments - How To Alter Life’s Direction
Eph 2
There was a man the side of the road hitch hiking on a very dark night in the middle of a storm. It was late at night and no
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Christmas Eve 1989: The strong Son of God is what we need when we are out of control in terms of life direction, life circumstances, or sin.

May God help you if you are going shopping this afternoon! And may God forgive you if you woke up this morning and said, "I guess it’s about time I thought of something for her. “
The trouble is, most of us mere males are reduced to jelly by the trauma of shopping. In the first place, we don’t
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Every family, organization and movement struggles with the problem of internal divisions. Many internal conflicts result from a struggle over control. If everyone learns to give the Lord control for whatever they are responsible for, many internal divisio

Every family, organization and movement struggles with the problem of internal divisions. Many internal conflicts result from a struggle over control. If everyone learns to give the Lord control for whatever they are responsible for, many internal divisions can be minimized. In Judges 9, we are
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Lesson Topic: How to Listen to God (I Samuel 3:1-21)
Icebreaker: How do we know the voice of God?
Ministering and worshipping the Lord makes us receptive to hear a word from God (v.1). When you spend time with God, God will spend time with you. The bible says that if you draw closer to Him,
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DRAMA: “Extreme Love”
I hope you have an extreme love for your kids - a love that even makes you a crybaby at times. That’s o.k. because kids are special. This morning, let’s talk about raising these special kids. It’s a big job, but, parents, you’ve got to do it.
As we continue making over
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We are living in days of high anxiety, with great concern over the state on our nations economy, wars and rumors of war around the world, the continued threat of terrorism, and the upcoming national elections. God’s Word however, offers us hope, strength,

You Can Win Over Anxiety
Phil 4:4 - 7 (NKJV) 4Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. 6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
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A voice no one had heard before God began to use for His purposes. Will God use your voice?

Will God Use Your Voice?
Luke 3:1-6
by Jim Westmoreland
He was a rare man. He was an unusual man. It is not every one who is reared in an orphanage out in the desert with very little contact with human civilization or the city. Not every one is reared without a mother or father, without
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Prayer serves many purposes in our lives. The best purpose may be that prayer changes our focus, but prayer also changes our actions

The Purpose of Prayer
02/06/05
Intro: We are in week 2 of a 3 week series on prayer. Last week we looked at the priority of prayer and the need for a focus and worship of Christ as we approach him in prayer. I issued you a challenge of spending 15 minutes each morning focusing your mind and
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Sermon for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany, exploring the Baptism of Jesus with reference to the visit of the Magi, and God’s ongoing revelation of His will in Jesus and His desire for peace, justice and hope: a revelation made possible only through repenta

Mark 1:4-11 A New Year – a New Start
So, here we are at the start of a New Year! It’s mind-boggling to think that it is now more than 2000 years since the birth of Jesus Immanuel (God-With-Us) there in Bethlehem; more than 2000 years have passed since the visit of the of the shepherds, and
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A sermon for Trinity Sunday that highlights that we have authority to love and forgive from God.

The Gospel reading today, highlights some extremely important points for each one of us.
One that we are going to explore further is the concept of Authority in our Christian lives.
But before we begin let us remember that each of us are involved in the ministry of the church.
Involved in
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WHen your in the thick of a problem, stop and listen, God’s provision is nearby.

Background of story
• God made a covenant with Abraham that he would be the father of a great nation
• God gave Abraham and Sarah a son, Isaac, in their old age
• In the context of our scripture reading this morning:
o God told Abraham to offer his son as a sacrifice to God
Genesis 22:1-2
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We so often live with tunnel vision. But if we turn aside and look at what God is doing, we will find an experience that will not end, a mission that will direct our lives, and a presence that will never leave us.

I confess to a malady known as “tunnel vision”. Tunnel vision is being able to see only what is straight ahead, as if I were going through a tunnel, and there is nothing to see on the sides, only the light at the end of the tunnel. Tunnel vision is not so much a condition of the eyes as it is of
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This sermon explores 4 characteristics you must have to succeed in our Journey of life for truth and life. It contrast these characteristics with Narnia, the Magi and ourselves.

Narnia: The Journey of Life
Matthew 2:1-12
Intro.:
A. How would you define life?
Some perhaps might say that life is happiness, success, family, longevity, etc. But those are really Goals in life.
What is life?
- Ecc. 3:2; there is a time to be born and a time to die.
- We know that
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Following Jesus to the Fishing Hole
October 16, 2005 Luke 5:1-11
These are my actual notes and sermon handouts and they probably mean more to me than they do to you. If you don’t understand something in my notes – feel free to e-mail me for clarification (stevenmary7@hotmail.com). Here’s some
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Because we are indwelt by the same Spirit, saved by the same Savior, and children of the same Father, we are to be intertwined together in One Unity. In Him, we are one body . . . one spirit . . . one hope . . . with one Lord . . . one faith . . . one ba

THE SUPREME MYSTERY – THE BODY OF CHRIST
ACT II: The Mystery of The Body Unveiled
3. A SUPREME CALL TO UNITY (Eph. 4:1-6)
INTRODUCTION:
Folks, we have followed together carefully through these first three chapters of Paul’s epistle to the Romans. From this study, we have learned the
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